Improvement in skates



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J AMES LYON, OF MOTT HAVEN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 39,938, dated September15, 1863.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMEs LYON, of MottHaven, in the county of /Vestchester and State of New York, haveinvented, made, and applied to use acertaiu new and useful Improvementin Skates 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and eXact description of my said invention, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure lis an inverted plan of my said skate, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionthrough the fastening.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Skates have heretofore been made to attach upon the sole of a boot orshoe by slotted plates, and wedge-form blocks have also been used, butthey were liable to be obstructed by snow, ice, and dirt, and to wearloose.

The nature of my said invention consists in dovetail blocks upon theskates taking dovetail seats in metallic plates secured to the sole ofthe shoe, which doveta-il seats are open from end to end so that theycan easily be cleaned, or any obstruction removed by the act ofattaching the skates, and the skates cannot wear loose.

In the drawings, a is the skate-runner, of any desired size or shape,made with the blocks b and c on the upper edge of the runner or uponprojections rising above the runner part of the skate. These blocks areslightly wedge-shaped and dovetail, and take correspondingly-shapedrecesses in the blocks d and e that are attached, respectively, to theheel and sole of the shoe. The skate it will be seen is attached byentering the blocks in the recesses, both beingtaperingdovetails andforcing the skate back. The Wedging of the metallic surfaces together issufficient to keep the skate in place. A small bearing-plate maysurround the base of the block c to take the sole of the shoe and form amore extended bearing for the same, and make the boot or shoe easier tothe wearer, particularly where the sole is thin.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The dovetail recesses in the blocks d and e, open from end to end, incombination with the tapering dovetail blocks b and c on the skate a, asand for the purposes specified.

ln witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 17th day ofDecember, 1862.

JAMES LYON.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, THos. GEO. HAROLD.

